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Egypt foils bid to hijack flight from Turkey
Cairo :: Egypt | about 1 month ago
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Air marshalls foiled an attempt by a Sudanese passenger to hijack an EgyptAir flight from Istanbul to Cairo on Wednesday and divert it to Jerusalem, an Egyptian security official said. Minutes after take-off, the passenger took hold of a knife provided...
Tags: Cairo, EgyptAir, Egypt Air Boeing, Egyptian, Istanbul, attempted hijacking, air marshals, hijacking thwarted, security official, plastic knife
Yemeni gunmen attack police checkpoint, 4 die
Sanaa :: Yemen | 4 months ago
Credibility Another soldier was also wounded in the ambush in Abyan, the scene of several deadly anti-government protests in recent months, a security official said...Tuesday attack came less than a week after 16 people were killed in the region during clashes between...
Tags: Yemeni, north Yemen, Al-Qaeda, Abyan, security official, restive south
Israeli troops kill two Gaza gunmen
Gaza :: Palestine | 8 months ago
Credibility Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinian gunmen in a confrontation near a border fence in the Gaza Strip Saturday, Palestinian medics said. An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed troops had shot at several gunmen in northern Gaza, and hit...
Tags: Israeli, Gaza Strip, northern Gaza, Palestinian Islamic Hamas, southern israel, palestinian woman, arab woman, security official, border guarded, police spokesman
Egypt nabs sheep headed for Gaza
Gaza :: Palestine | 8 months ago
Credibility Egyptian police said that on Sunday night they discovered and seized a flock of 560 sheep set to be transported into Gaza through underground tunnels -- the main artery for food entry into the strip. A security official said the flock was discovered in...
Tags: Gaza Strip, Gaza Tue, Egyptian, Rafah, egyptians police, rafah border, Israel, security official, border crossing, palestinian mothers
Aussie arrested in Egypt for mummy smuggling
Cairo :: NY :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility An Australian teacher who stuffed his luggage with 2,000-year old animal mummies and religious figurines wrapped as gifts was arrested Wednesday, an Egyptian airport security official said. The 61-year teacher was heading to Thailand when a security official...
Tags: mummy, Egypt, security official
Gunmen attack vessels in Nigeria, kidnap Russians
Lagos :: Nigeria | 11 months ago
Credibility Gunmen in speedboats attacked two oil services ships and kidnapped at least two Russians in separate incidents in Nigeria's Niger Delta, a security contractor working in the oil industry said on Saturday. The Falcon Crest and Falcon Wings were attacked...
Tags: nigeria, Nigerian, Akwa Ibom, ship captain, security official
Egypt 'must stop' border shooting
Cairo :: Egypt | about 1 year ago
Credibility Egyptian border guards have shot dead at least 32 African refugees and migrants since June 2007, Human Rights Watch says in a new 90-page report. Some 13,000 people, mainly Sudanese and Eritreans, have crossed since 2006. Israel has also violated refugees'...
Tags: Egyptian-Israeli, Egypt-Israel, Sinai Peninsula, stop shoot, african migrants, Human Rights Watch, borders area, israel borders, security official, security forced
Airstrikes kill 13 militants in Pakistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Militants' hideouts were pounded in Rashakai, Charmang and Kohi areas of Bajaur district, and some foreign fighters were among the killed," a security official said on condition of anonymity. The term "foreign fighters" is used to refer to terrorists...
Tags: pakistan, war, Afghanistan, Pakistani, security official, fighters jets, Bajaur Agency, jets fighters, military spokesman
Gunfire at prison in Upper Egypt
Cairo :: Egypt | about 1 year ago
Credibility A police source quoted by Reuters said a group of gunmen attacked the jail in an attempt to free prisoners. The incident happened in the city of Assiut, about 250 miles (400km) south of the capital Cairo. The violence is said to have happened during visiting...
Tags: Upper Egypt, Egyptian, security forces, prisoners guards, security official, Cairo, Assiut, opened fired
Pakistan: Al-Zawahiri 'narrowly escapes capture'
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Al-Qaeda's second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, narrowly escaped capture during a raid in the tribal region of Mohmand, near the Afghan border, Pakistan's top security official told journalists in Islamabad. The head of Pakistan's security, Rahman...
Tags: Pakistan, Dr Ayman Al-Zawahiri, al Qaida, Rehman Malik, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Rahman Malik, Ayman al Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda Has Free Movement, Mohmand, security official
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